Two people collide on a busy city street. What information is needed to calculate the force one of the people exerts on the other person?(1 point)

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the velocity of each person
the velocity of each person

the mass and acceleration of each person
the mass and acceleration of each person

the speed of each person
the speed of each person

the location of the collision
the location of the collision

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To calculate the force one person exerts on the other during the collision, you would need:

the mass and acceleration of each person.

This is because, according to Newton's second law of motion (F = ma), force is determined by the mass of an object and its acceleration. In the context of a collision, you would need to know how fast each person was moving (which gives you a change in velocity, and thus acceleration) and their respective masses to calculate the forces involved accurately.